Code of Massachusetts Regulations
310 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Title 310 CMR 40.0000 - Massachusetts Contingency Plan
Subpart J - PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY SOLUTIONS
Section 40.1040 - Permanent Solutions
Universal Citation: 310 CMR 40.0000 MA Code of Regs 40.1040
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1) Permanent Solutions shall apply where:
(a) a level of
No Significant Risk, as specified in
310
CMR 40.0900, exists or has been
achieved;
(b) all Sources of OHM
Contamination have been eliminated or controlled, as specified in
310
CMR 40.1003(5)(a) and
(b);
(c) control of plumes of dissolved OHM in
groundwater and vapor-phase OHM in the Vadose Zone has been achieved as
specified in
310
CMR 40.1003(6)(a);
(d) NAPL, if present, has been addressed as
specified in
310
CMR 40.1003(7)(a);
(e) all threats of release have been
eliminated; and
(f) the level of
oil and/or hazardous material concentrations in the environment have been
reduced to as close to Background levels as feasible as specified at
310
CMR 40.1020.
(2) Permanent Solutions shall not apply to:
(a) except as provided at
310
CMR 40.1025 where an Active Exposure Pathway
Mitigation Measure is implemented as part of a Permanent Solution with
Conditions, any disposal site or portion of a disposal site where Active
Operation and Maintenance of a remedial action is required; or
(b) any disposal site or portion of a
disposal site where groundwater or soil concentrations of oil and/or hazardous
material exceed Method 3 Ceiling Limits specified in
310
CMR 40.0996, except in those cases where the
concentrations are shown to be consistent with Background, or the soil is
located at a depth greater than 15 feet from the ground surface or beneath an
Engineered Barrier, and it is not feasible pursuant to the criteria listed at
310
CMR 40.0860 to reduce such soil
concentrations to less than or equal to the applicable Method 3 Ceiling Limits
in Soil listed in
310
CMR 40.0996(7).
(c) any disposal site or portion of a
disposal site where groundwater concentrations exceed an applicable or suitably
analogous standard listed in
310
CMR 40.0993(3) where the
groundwater is categorized as GW-1 pursuant to
310
CMR 40.0932; or
(d) any site, disposal site or portion of a
disposal site where stockpiled/stored Remediation Waste requiring management or
disposal pursuant to
310
CMR 40.0030 remains at such site, disposal
site or portion of a disposal site.
(3) Permanent Solutions may be achieved at any point in the response action process where the requirements of a Permanent Solution have been achieved and documented.
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